Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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A Word from Governor Schwinden To the students of Montana State University: My formal education began in a one-room schoolhouse near Wolf Point and progressed to the Montana university system. Whether students seeking a higher education come from rural areas, like I did, or from large cities, they share the quest for knowledge. That desire to learn and the achievement of excellence can help erase the mediocrity that too often is an acceptable standard of performance in this country. Montana State University students represent a new generation of professionalism and expertise. You have access to a fountain of information and innovation that can transform, change and improve. Close coordination between the university system, state government and the private sector will encourage practical application of that information. An MSU education has a special value that will gain momentum as you put it to use. It represents an investment in your future and the future of Montana. During a time of limited public dollars, Montanans still earnestly believe in supporting higher education. Our Build Montana Program is committed to creating jobs so that students who want to live in Montana can find work. Building Montana and building Montana education go hand-in-hand to ensure a state of educated, informed and talented citizens. Sincerely, Governor

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Foreword This is the 1984 Montanan. It may not look like any yearbook you’ve ever seen in the past, but that was our intention. We’ve changed the contents, the graphics and the appearance to give weight to the direction we desire the book to take. It may seem strange at first glance...but the more you look into it the more our intentions will become clear. We made some of those changes because we’re trying to include more of the important people on campus — the students. Students are the most important people to us because they make any campus what it is, a collection of human beings reaching for a common goal of education and maturity. In the past, many students said that they didn’t see enough of themselves or their friends in the yearbook. That all changed this year. We also have a strong respect and admiration for the organizations and traditions of campus life. Without them, there is no identity to a campus...and no tie between the students and the school. We also tried to create a sense of dignity and self-respect for students, staff and faculty that somehow seems to disappear in a yearbook. We don’t want that to happen here. In the past 90 years, Montana State University has grown from a small land grant agricultural college to an internationally recognized university. As time goes on, that recognition will grow as MSU continues to expand its areas of research and development in areas ranging from agriculture to engineering. That research and development is already being applied in this country, South America and Asia, which says a lot for MSU and for Montana. We have fond memories of our time here. We have a respect for our school and all those we’ve met and worked with at every level of campus life. We hope some of that respect and friendship shows in this book. It has been a labor of love. John Degel

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William Tictz MSU President Now in its 91st year, Montana State University is well on its way to a full century of service in the intermountain west. That is truly an achievement when you consider our inauspicious beginning in 1893 with only eight students and a budget of $34,000. Contrast those figures to the current enrollment of 11,400 students and a budget for this year of approximately 43,000,000. Clearly something important is happening here. We are growing, that is true, but beyond the sheer numbers, students have unprecedented opportunities. Not only is it possible to gain a full and dynamic understanding of chosen fields in the sciences or the humanities, but it is also possible for students to balance the two. The age of specialization remains with us, but in the best spirit of the university many of you as students have wisely chosen to pursue your own personal renaissance. We see continuing evidence that MSU graduates value all the diversity they can achieve during their tenure here. With the world shrinking and changing at an ever-accelerating pace, our powers of analysis and reason will be continully taxed and our ability to cope will be sorely tried. If your years at Montana State University have left you with an ability to think critically, to reason logically, to express yourself effectively and to stretch your creative powers , we will have served you well. Perhaps of equal importance, those of us who stay on here have also learned from the interchange and thus the process renews itself. As a traditional university campus and as an educational center of excellence, our future depends in large measure on the diverse and ever-changing student body to insure the dynamic core that keeps MSU vibrant. We wish you well and hope to hear from you often. When you sit down and think about it, Montana State University is probably the most ideal place in the country to go to school. MSU has just about all of the bases covered. Where else can a person go that is better in location? Not only is Bozeman less than an hour away from two prime skiing areas, not far from blue ribbon trout streams, Yellowstone Park and the hot pots, but it is nestled in the heart of one of the prettiest mountain valleys in Montana. You can’t beat Bozeman for being close to nature. Bozeman itself is an appealing mixture of urban and rural features. It’s big enough to have a good business district, occa-sionai foreign films and cultural events; it’s also small enough so you can get to know your next door neighbor and say hello to people on the streets. Bozeman is a nice sized town. As for MSU itself, we have the good fortune to have some of the most competent and well respected administrators and faculty members that anyone could find at an institution of this size. Beyond the people, some of the programs are among the best in the country. Just to give you an indicator, MSU is nationally ranked in Physics, Economics, and Film and TV, in addition to other programs too numerous to mention. Last, but far from least, the students of MSU are among the most serious students in addition to being the friendliest people I’ve ever come across. I’m proud to know as many of them as I do. All in all, I’m both pleased and honored to be a student at MSU, my idea of the perfect school. ASMSU President Mike Stoeckig Clark